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Troy Allan Martin [2] (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, manager, and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. [1] He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Francine Meeks (née Fournier; born February 19, 1972), known by the mononym Francine, is an American professional wrestling valet and professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2001 and with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005 and 2006.
Rick Rude eventually was persuaded by Shane Douglas to align with the Triple Threat. Rude promoted Chris Candido in his match against Taz at Hardcore Heaven 1997. Rude then began selecting Douglas's opponent to help Douglas become the greatest world champion in ECW. However, this turned out to be a ruse when Rude selected Triple Threat member ...
Rick Rude had been stalking Douglas and Francine since early 1997 and warned Douglas that he had been training a wrestler to take the title from Douglas. On the October 24 episode of Hardcore TV , Rude revealed Douglas' own Triple Threat teammate Bam Bam Bigelow as his handpicked man, who turned on Triple Threat and proceeded to defeat Douglas ...
Shane Douglas and The Pitbulls began a lengthy feud with Douglas and Francine following Francine's betrayal of Pitbulls at Heat Wave. The two sides fought against each other for the next nine months with the rivalry culminating at ECW's first pay-per-view event Barely Legal on April 13, 1997.
On July 13, 1996, at Heat Wave, Francine turned on The Pitbulls and became the manager of Shane Douglas. The feud between Douglas and The Pitbulls culminated on April 13, 1997, at the first ECW pay-per-view Barely Legal, where Pitbull #2 faced Douglas for the Television Championship in a losing effort.
The following match was a singles match for the ECW World Television Championship between the champion, Shane Douglas and the challenger, Pitbull #2. Douglas was accompanied by his valet Francine and several " riot squad " officers.
Shane Douglas defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Taz in the main event. During the match, Sabu made his return from injury (still wearing a neck brace) and attacked both Douglas and Taz. Douglas later called The Triple Threat and then Tammy Lynn Sytch came to the ring and got involved in a fight with Francine.